Friday, December 17, 2010

Titus County, TX: Three Dead In Murder-Suicide

POSTED: 3:43 pm CST December 16, 2010

Authorities are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Titus County, Texas. The victims are a co-worker and the girlfriend of the shooter, Investigators said.
The shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. Thursday at the VOCNET company on County Road 2100.
Titus County Sheriff Tim Ingram said an employee, Lee Boyd, 48 shot his co-worker Junior Lee Horton, 35, and then turned the gun on himself. The men had gotten into an argument the day before, Ingram said.
Investigators later searched Boyd's home and found the body of his girlfriend, Vivian Mitchell. Authorities believe Boyd killed her before going to work.
Boyd was looking for a third victim, Mitchell's ex-boyfriend, but could not find him, Ingram said.
The VOCNET company trains people with physical or mental impairments to join the workforce.

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